This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will learn unique and innovative treatment options available to patients in Interventional Radiology. Students will participate in morning rounds, inpatient consult service, outpatient clinic service, the angio suite, and conferences.

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. This course will provide students with subspecialty experience in interventional radiology, including opportunities to recognize common diagnoses in interventional radiology practice, observe common procedures, and compose treatment plans.

Didactic clerkship in radiology for fourth-year students. Students who have completed the radiology clerkship successfully can be expected to have elementary knowledge of: normal radiologic anatomy, the radiologic appearances of common diseases, and an understanding of the rationale for ordering specific radiological in defined clinical situations. (For guidance on which Radiology course(s) to take: http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/education/medical-students/application).

Restrictions: This course is open to UC Davis San Joaquin Valley PRIME students only
Activities: Clinical Clerkship

This clerkship is designed to acquaint students with the use and indications of techniques in CT, MRI, ultrasound, as well as conventional radiological examination and fluoroscopy and their clinical use. This clerkship also provides an introduction to basic interpretation a primary care physician might need.

Students will be introduced to the field of interventional radiology. This will include simulation of core ultrasound guided procedures (paracentesis, thoracentesis, venous access), and hands on patient procedures. He or she will spend 4 weeks working alongside the IR service resident, NP, and attending to diagnose, treat, and care for patients with a variety of conditions in the oncology, trauma, critical care and hospital setting. A subfocus will be on neurointerventional interventions.

Restrictions: This course is only open to third year UCSF students considering Radiology as a career and hoping to gain some clinical exposure before fourth year.
Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

This course gives an overview of the practice of radiology intended for third year students considering it as a career. It provides an introduction to the reading room and procedure rooms across an array of radiology subspecialties: thoracic, abdominal, pediatric radiology, neuroradiology, musculoskeletal, women's imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and interventional. (For guidance on which Radiology course(s) to take: http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/education/medical-students/application).

Instructor(s):M. KohiPrerequisite(s): Completion of first two years of medical school.

Restrictions: None
Activities: Block Elective

Students will have the opportunity to review the indications for Interventional Radiology procedures; perform patient histories and physical exams; discuss new and current patients with the IR team; scrub and assist the IR service resident, fellow, and attending; and have opportunity for pre- and post-procedural outpatient care in IR clinic. Students will follow patients with vascular, oncologic, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and urologic conditions in ICU and hospital settings.

This course is intended for first-year and second-year medical students who are interested in medical imaging from a clinical or research perspective. Through weekly lectures by radiologists from the UCSF Department of Radiology, student will be introduced to the various specialties within the field of radiology; the fundamental theory, clinical utility, and limitations of each imaging modality; and, the most recent scientific advances in and future applications of medical imaging.

Restrictions: Restricted to 1st and 2nd year medical students
Activities: Lecture

This course is intended for first-year and second-year medical students who are interested in interventional radiology. Through lectures by interventional radiologists from the UCSF Department of Radiology, student will be introduced to the field of interventional radiology; the fundamental theory, clinical utility and limitations of the field; and the most recent scientific advances in and future applications of interventional radiology.